Radical Inclusion: The Practices and Approaches of Three Districts That Made Exclusion Rare for Students of All Backgrounds

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Black students continue to face disproportionate exposure to harmful exclusionary practices. Research documents many districts where implementation of alternative policies preceded reductions in overall, but not Black, discipline rates. We thus identified “radically inclusive” districts where exclusion is rare, too, for Black students, then leveraged semi-structured interviews to identify the practices and implementation approaches educational leaders leveraged to achieve this outcome. We found that radically inclusive leaders implemented relationship-oriented practices in synergistic ways; co-created change, cultivated a culture of expansive empathy; communicated proactively with parents to avoid backlash; leveraged disciplinary frameworks that prioritized inclusion; ensured widespread educator mastery through sweeping down payments and serial investments; approached incidents of misbehavior as teachable moments; and expressed unequivocal commitments to sustained implementation.

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